"Can I Trust You With My Heart" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American

United States

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 country music singer Travis Tritt

Travis Tritt

James Travis Tritt is an American country music singer from Marietta, Georgia. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In the 2000s, he released two albums on Columbia Records and one for the defunct...

. It was released in November 1992 as the second single released from his CD, T-R-O-U-B-L-E. The song reached the top of the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

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 (now Hot Country Songs

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) chart.

Critical reception

Geoffrey Himes, of Billboard

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magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a tear-in-your-beer ballad."

Music video

The music video was directed by Jack Cole, and is almost entirely in black and white, except for a love scene in a motel room, which is in color.

Musicians

As listed in liner notes

• Sam Bacco - tympani, cymbals, crotale, tambourine
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• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Larry Byrom
  Larry Byrom
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   - acoustic guitar
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• Terry Crisp - baritone steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• Jack Holder - electric guitar
• Bill Livsey - Hammond organ
  Hammond organ
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  , Harmonium
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• Dana McVicker - background vocals
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
  Piano
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• Steve Turner
  Steve Turner (drummer)
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   - drums
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar, slide guitar
  Slide guitar
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• Reggie Young - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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   & solo

Chart performance

The song debuted at #62 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated December 5, 1992. It spent twenty weeks on that chart and reached Number One on the chart dated February 13, 1993, remaining there for two weeks, marking Tritt's third Number One.

Charts

Chart (1992-1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1